The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Michael D. Murphy
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
MED CO 34 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
November 10, 1950
Sergeant Murphy was a medic with the Medical Company, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in South Korea on July 13, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 10, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.